Scotland: Her Story: The Nation’s History by the Women Who Lived It - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1780275315 ISBN 13: 9781780275314

Publisher: Birlinn, 2018

Synopsis

Scotland’s history has been told many times, but never exclusively by its women. This book takes a unique perspective on dramatic national events as well as ordinary life, as experienced by women down the centuries. From the saintly but severe medieval Queen Margaret to today's first minister Nicola Sturgeon, it encompasses women from all stations of class and fame and notoriety, offering a tantalising view of what happened to them, and how they felt. Drawing on court and kirk records, exchequer rolls and treasurer’s accounts, diaries and memoirs, chap books and newspapers, government reports and eye-witness statements, Scotland: Her Story brings to life the half of history that has for too long been hidden or ignored.

Features material by from a hugely diverse range of authors, including:

Princess Matilda · St Margaret · Margaret Tudor · Mary, Queen of Scots · Lady Grizel Baillie · Elsie Inglis · Mary Slessor · Jane Carlyle · Marie Stopes · Nan Shepherd · Leila Aboulela · Winnie Ewing · Muriel Spark · Liz Lochhead · Jackie Kay · Ali Smith · Nicola Sturgeon

About this title

About the Author:

Rosemary Goring was born in Dunbar and studied social and economic history at the University of St Andrews. She was the literary editor of Scotland on Sunday, followed by a brief spell as editor of Life & Work, the Church of Scotland’s magazine, before returning to newspapers as literary editor of the Herald, and later also of the Sunday Herald. In 2007 she published Scotland: The Autobiography: 2000 Years of Scottish History By Those Who Saw it Happen, which has since been published in America and Russia. Rosemary’s first novel was After Flodden.

About this edition

• Publisher: Birlinn
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1780275315
• ISBN 13: 9781780275314
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Goring Rosemary